sdsu blackb oard Computer network (the network) is a system consisting of computers that are designed to be able to share resources (printer, CPU), communicate (e-mail, instant messaging), and can access the information (web browser).
In order to achieve its purpose, any part of a computer network can request and provide the service (service). The party requesting / receiving service is called a client (client) and that provide / send a service called waiter (server). This design is called client-server systems, and is used in almost all computer network applications.
Two computers, each of which has a network card, and then connected via a wired or wireless data transmission medium, and there is a network operating system software will form a simple computer network. [2]: If you want to create a computer network that is wider further-reaching, it would require additional equipment such as hubs, Bridge, Switch, Router, Gateway as its interconnection equipment.
